Handle for box-couches, davenports, &amp;c.



PATENTED AUG. 14, 1906.

W. P. SENG. HANDLE FOR BOX OOUOHBS, DAVENPORTS, 6w.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY2B.1905.

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' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WENDELIN P. SENG, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE SENG COMPANY, OFCHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OFILLINOIS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 14;, 1906.

Application filed July 28, 1905- Serial No. 271.696.

To all whom it Tlba/y concern:

Be it known that I, WENDELIN P. SENG, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cookand State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement inHandles for Box Couches, Davenports, &c., of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in handles for use in connectionwith boxcouches, davenport-lounges, &c.

I-Ieretofore in the construction of boxcouches, davenportlounges, andother articles of furniture embodying a movable upholstered top ithas'been usual to provide the top with a loop or strap of the materialemployed .as a covering and to secure the same in position against theunder side and at the front edge of the top, so as to leave said loop orstrap projecting outward to be grasped by the operator in raising andlowering the top, as well as in some instances in drawing the sameforward during such raising operation. This loop or strap being formedof fabric, it has been customary to secure the same in position throughthe medium of a series of tacks driven upwardly through the ends of the.loop or strap and into the under side of the frame of the top. As aresult of such construction such loops or straps are almost invariablypulled from their position within av very short time after the articleof furniture to which they are applied is put into use.

The objects of this invention are to provide a very simple, efficient,as well as cheaplyconstructed and readily-applied handle to be appliedto this class of furniture and as a substitute for the loop or strap nowusually employed.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of theconventional style of box-couch having a handle applied thereto inaccordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the topor lid of the couch raised and the handle withdrawn as when in use. Fig.3 is a top plan View of the handle in detail, and Fig. 4 is a bottomplan view of the same.

Similar numerals of reference indicate similar parts in all the figuresof the drawings.

It will be understood that while the hereinafter-describedhandle isparticularly desi ned and adapted for use in connection with OX- couchesand davenports or other forms of sofa-beds, yet the same may be usedotherwise, the box-couch herein illustrated and to which the inventionis shown applied merely being employed as an example.

1 designates the receiving or receptacle portion of a box-couch, and 2the lid or cover, the latter being upholstered in the usual manner.

The handle comprises a sheet-metal and preferably stamped-steelsecuring-plate 3 of oblong shape and having its ends or terminalsconcaved or countersunk to form half sleeves or channels 4. Between theends the front edge of the securing-plate 3 is preferably cut away toform a recess 5, and at suitable points said securing-plate is providedwith a plurality of screw-holes 6, by which the plate may be secured inposition through the medium of screws 7 passed upwardly through theholes and into the under side of the top orlid adj acent its front edge.The handle or bail Sis formed,'preferably, of wire of proper gage and isof general U shape. It is somewhat wider than the securing-plate 3, andits two parallel terminals 9 lie loosely and are designed to slidewithin the opposite channels 4 of the securing-plate. The ends of thehandle or bail 8 have their terminals laterally bent, as at 10, whichbent ends when the handle is withdrawn come in contact with thesecuring-plate 3, thus forming stops for limiting the outward movementof the handle.

The device described may be applied to the under side of the top orcover of the article of furniture and the edge of the receptacle 1recessed, as at 11, to accommodate the same when the said cover islowered, as herein shown, or, as will be obvious, the said top or covermay be recessed to receive the handle. In either event, however, thehandle is so located as to be readily grasped and.

withdrawn, for the urpose of facilitating which the recess 5 is ormed inthe securingplate, so that the fingers of the operator may readilyengage the handle or bail 8. It will be understood that in practice thehandle or bail is rendered inconspicuous by enameling .the same of acolor agreeing with the upholstering, and, in fact, if desired, thematerial forming the cover may be extended over and so as to entirelyconceal the handle.

In operation the handle or bail is grasped ICC and pulled outward itslimit, thus affording 'a firm hold for the operator, and the latter isenabled to manipulate the lid or cover in the usual manner and as willbe obvious.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, in an article offurniture, comprising a receptacleand a removable lid or cover, of a handle secured to the under side ofthe latter and comprising a securing-plate having opposite depressedchannels, a bail or handle of substantially U shape having its terminalsmounted in said channels and adapted for movement therein, and shaped toform a means for limiting the with drawal of the bail or handle.

2. The combination, in an article of furniture comprising the receptacleportion and a removable cover, of a handle secured to the under side ofsaid lid or-cover and comprising a securing-plate having oppositedepressed channels and a rectangular bail mounted to slide in thechannels and terminating back of the securing-plate in stops.

3. The herein-described handle comprising the securing-plate formed ofsheet metal and having at its ends transverse depressions formingchannels, and a wire bail of U shape mounted in the channels and havingits terminals of greater length than the channels and its ends laterallybent to form stops adapted to contact with the rear edge of the plate.

4. The herein-described handle, comprising a sheet-metal plate havingits transverse ends provided with transverse depressions formingopposite channels, and between the same at its front edge recessed, anda wire bail mounted to slide in the channels and having terminals ofgreater length than the channels and provided with stops for limitingits outward movement.

5. The combination in an article of furniture comprising a receptacleand a removablelid or cover, the latter recessed at its lower frontedge, of'a handle comprising the flat sheet-metal securing-plate 3secured to the under side of the recess and flush with the front edge ofthe lid or cover, said plate being provided at its ends with transversedepressions forming channels and between the samehaving its front edgerecessed, as at 5, to correspond with the recess in the cover and thewire bail 8 having its terminals 9 mounted in the said channels andlonger than the same'and terminating back of the securing-plate in thestops 10 adapted to en- WENDELIN P. SENG.

Witnesses:

FRANK J. SENG, S. G. DOHERTY.

